Mentor Coaching

Coaching4Today’s Leaders offers two different options to fulfill your mentor coaching requirement to earn your ACC and PCC designations. Mentor Coaching is a powerful way to further develop and hone your coaching skills and competency. Mentor coaching, like general coaching, moves individuals forward toward their personal and professional goals. Mentor coaches generally provide coaching in the following areas:

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Meet Our Approved Mentor-Coaches:

Dr. J. Val Hastings, MCC, Founder and PresidentEmail Val | 877-381-2672 Dr. J. Val Hastings, MCC, is the Founder and President of Coaching4Today’sLeaders, Coaching4Clergy, Coaching4Groups, and Coaching4BusinessLeaders. Val hired his first coach while he was pastoring at a local United Methodist church. His progress was noticeable by all, and he began to wonder, “What if I adopted a coaching approach to leadership?” In that moment, a vision began to emerge—a global vision of Every Leader a Coach.

Dr. Hastings is the author of numerous books and has developed four coach training programs which are accredited and approved to the highest level by the International Coach Federation. These trainings are offered globally and are offered in many languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese and Korean. Graduates of these programs have received all three coaching credentials: ACC, PCC and MCC.

Val currently holds the designation of Master Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation, its highest coaching designation. He also holds the designation of Professional Mentor-Coach. In addition to teaching at his own programs, Val holds faculty status at Coach University and Faith Evangelical Seminary. In 2006 Val was a presenter at the global gathering of the International Coach Federation and, in 2007, he served as the President of the Philadelphia ICF Chapter.

Experienced in coaching executives and leaders for organizations of different sizes and nationalities, as well as family businesses. Also experienced in ministering trainings, workshops and lectures. Prior to establishing R122 was partner of GNext Talent Search working with assessments, mapping, selection and recruiting of high potential executives for national and multinational companies, besides leading for 4 years the front of mapping and recruiting MBA Brazilian students from the top business schools in the world.

Started the career as a Lawyer at Tozzini, Freire, Teixeira e Silva Advogados. Graduated in Law by PUC/SP, with several post graduation courses. Speaks fluent English and communicates in Spanish.

Author of Avançando para o Alvo – Willëm Books, 2017

Don Eisenhauer, PCCEmail Don |610-310-7630 Experiencing loss is an inevitable part of living in this world. Whether it is the death of a loved one or a pet, the loss of a job, divorce, or other life transitions, grief is a reality. The journey of grief is not one to walk alone. Don’s approach to grief coaching is to: • listen to your story • walk the journey with you • empower you to find hope and transformation in the midst of grief. Don comes to the field of grief coaching with a wealth of practical and educational experience in end of life care, including: • 15 years of pastoral ministry • 12 years as a hospice chaplain, grief care specialist, and grief support group facilitator • a doctorate in counseling • ongoing seminars/presentations on end of life issues Don coauthored the book “Coaching at End of Life” with J. Val Hastings, and teaches “A Coach Approach to Ministering to the Dying and the Grieving.” In addition to coaching people along their grief journeys, Don enjoys coaching people in: • how to coach the dying and the grieving • life lessons learned from the dying • helping people to live fully until the moment of death

Aline Freitas, PCCEmail Aline | 551198935-4536Mentor of Coaching4Today’s Leaders. Coach and partner of R122. Accredited by the International Coach Federation (PCC / ICF), certified by the Integrated Coaching Institute (ICI), as well as in Neurocoaching by the NeuroLeadershipGroup (NLG) and Coaching4Today’s Leaders (C4TL – USA). Certified by Career Direct and Personality ID. She has more than 10 years of experience in Human Resources, acting as Recruitment and Selection Consultant, Executive Coach and Career Coach, having worked in the multinational Telecommunication company and then in Consulting as a Senior Associate. Graduated in Business Administration.

Trigena works with individuals and organizations seeking to enhance and improve peak performance through a sustainable, result-focused, leadership approach. Her experience spans service, non-profit, government, corporate, educational and faith-based organizations. Trigena’s coaching practice focuses on individuals, executives and high potential leaders . Trigena has led the development and implementation of large-scale leadership and coach training programs. For the Federal Government she leads year-long programs in Utah, Colorado and New Mexico for high potential leaders. She responsible for all aspects of the program – content, facilitation, program instructors and executive coaches.

Passionate about the great outdoors, Trigena offers experiential leadership programs and women’s retreats in southern Utah with Excursions of Escalante.

Trigena is the co-author of A Coach Approach to Leadership: Enhancing Performance, Empowering Others and Professional Coaching Training. She has a regular coaching spot on KUTV’s Fresh Living show. Trigena has a Master of Arts in Communication Consultancy and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Oklahoma State University.

Trigena holds two coaching credentials and is certified in several personality, behavioral and 360 assessments. She is completing certificates with the NeuroLeadership Institute and The Academy for Brain Based Coaching.

Trigena and her husband reside in the backdrop of the Wasatch Mountains in Sandy, UT. They have five children, ages 12-24 years old – two biological and three adopted ex-polygamist children. Trigena and her family spend four seasons a year playing outdoors – skiing, hiking, mountain biking, running, rafting, canyoneering and exploring together!

HiRho Park, PCC, Ph.D., D. Min.Email HiRho| 615-948-5702HiRho is currently serving as Director of Clergy Lifelong Learning and directs the Clergy Coach Training: Preparation for ICF Certification program at The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of The United Methodist Church. As a practical theologian and Ph.D from Boston University, she has worked with leaders and institutions from around the world relating to faith, education and leadership development.
HiRho enjoys coaching focused on Christian faith and contemporary life, cross-racial and cross-cultural relationships, gender issues, immigration communities, parenting, and leadership development within an organization, especially for pastors and clergywomen.
She is fully bilingual in Korean and English.

Claire Pedrick, MCCEmail Claire | +44 (0)1462 483798 I have been coaching for 25 years – much of it around vocation. Coach and train clergy across England, Wales and beyond – at all levels – from new clergy to Bishops, combining high quality professionalism with an understanding of what is vocational. My experience and training as a coaching supervisor helps explore the art of your coaching relationship and your client’s context as well as mentor coaching against the ICF Core Competencies. I am interested in using those insights into exploring where God is in the coaching space. Author of How to Make Great Appointments in the Church (SPCK); Contributor to Scripture Union Bible Reading notes; Speaker at major Christian gatherings on faith and work. Also work in corporate and in the public and third sectors. Accredited as a Master Certified Coach with the ICF. Train and mentor coaches. Receive regular supervision on coaching and supervision. Qualifications include Certificate in Managing Non-Profitmaking and Voluntary Organisations, PGCE (Mathematics) and BSc Applied Statistics. Active member of a local Anglican Church.

Susan Potter, PCCEmail Susan| 817-503-8448As a Life & Leadership coach, Susan works with individuals who want to take their success and happiness to the next level, living out God’s plan for them. After a 28-year corporate career, Susan worked with a coach who helped her get clarity about her own “next level” and discovered that coaching was a passion, and perhaps a calling. Susan brings both business and life experiences to coaching; her reputation for being trustworthy and someone who sees the greatness in others is widely acknowledged by her personal and professional networks. Using a strengths-based approach, Susan helps clients discover (or rediscover) their God-given talents & gifts and supports them to overcome obstacles to transform their lives. Feeling joy coaching in a Christ-centered environment, Susan joined the Coaching4Clergy team as faculty, mentor coach and trainer. She is also employed by the Central Texas Conference of the UMC as Healthy Church Initiative (HCI) Consultant, serving as trainer, facilitator and coach. As part of her coaching ministry she leads various women’s workshops at her home church. Susan has a B.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis from the University of North Texas and serves on the board of the International Coach Federation (ICF) North Texas Coaches chapter.

Karen Prevatt, PCCEmail Karen | 912-897-5815KAREN H. PREVATT, a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), is an Extension Minister appointed to Living Tall, Inc. which offers coaching, speaking, and teaching experiences. Her clients include small business owners seeking confidential accountability, pastors desiring to move forward rather than merely maintaining, non-profits aiming to improve team relationships, couples strengthening their marriages and individuals navigating through life changes or seeking to live out their values and make their intentions a reality. Clients gain clarity and focus as they are energized to step out – often pushing past barriers, and working towards goals allowing them to live from their God-given strengths. At 4’7”, Karen is a little person and the shortest pastor in the UMC South Georgia Conference but by the grace of God is living tall. Her coaching encourages and challenges people to move from being defined by their circumstances to rising above them- from thinking small to living tall! Karen, an Elder in the South Georgia Conference, received her Masters of Divinity at Emory University and is a Certified Life Coach with the Institute for Life Coach Training. She is also a trained Leading from Your Strengths Coach, Prepare/Enrich administrator and Coaching4Clergy trainer.

Phyllis Riney, PCC Email Phyllis | 713-299-0293 (cell) Phyllis Riney is an Elder in the Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, having pastored churches for 26 years. She is a certified Spiritual Director and Labyrinth Facilitator. She has worked extensively with laity, clergy, and churches, in situations of crisis, transition, and ministry fruitfulness. Member of Houston Coaches, ICF

Elias Scultori, PCC, MSMEmail Elias | 732-419-2566Elias Scultori is a certified graduate of Coach University and a certified Myers-Briggs® practitioner. He has earned the designation of Professional Certified Coach (PCC) from the International Coach Federation (ICF). Elias is also a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City and is a certified Health Coach by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. Elias is a faculty member and mentor coach at coaching4clergy. He is a former board member of the NJ chapter of the ICF and a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda society. Elias holds a Master’s Degree in Music from the Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ and has over 27 years of professional experience working for non-profit organizations and churches in a leadership and mentoring position. He presently works as a teambuilding facilitator with pastors and church staffs across the country. Elias is also a professionally trained graphic designer, world traveler and photographer. He is originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and presently living in the New York City area since 1992.

Cornelia Shipley, PCCEmail Cornelia | 877-853-5340 An executive coach and strategy consultant with 20 years experience in corporate America, Cornelia Shipley began her career in Sales and Sales Training and Development with The Procter & Gamble Company. While at P&G, she developed key management and strategic planning skills she uses with clients today. After receiving her MBA in Management Consulting and Strategy, Ms. Shipley made a career change and worked as a Human Resource Professional for both Raytheon Company and General Mills supporting Supply Chain, Corporate Engineering, and Corporate HR. Professionally Certified (PCC) as a coach through the International Coach Federation (ICF), Ms. Shipley has been in private practice since 2006. Clients value her holistic approach to leadership development and strategic planning. Her practice is focused on assisting senior executives and entrepreneurs to develop and leverage their personal brand, influence strategy, and strategic plan to create their designed outcomes. In addition, Ms. Shipley is a mentor coach for the Clergy Coach Training Program at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary and works with Clergy and Congregations across the US.

Felix Villanueva, PCC Email Felix | 626-275-8755I am a PCC Coach with the International Coach Federation. I bring to my coaching practice a variety of experiences with non-profit corporations and government entities. As a retired senior U.S. Navy officer, I understand the nuances of large organizations as well as the leadership challenges of working with a large workforce. My experience as chief executive officer of a medium size, religious, non-profit allows me to work with the dynamics of leadership, while managing a large group of volunteers. Finally, my work as a coach and consultant with a local city government gives me a unique perspective in helping leaders navigate the intricacies of effecting change in local communities. I am bicultural and bilingual with fluency in Spanish and have worked around the country as well as overseas. This experience allows me to understand diversity and multiculturalism. As a coach I help leaders and organizations discover new ways to achieve success. I am versed in exploring new paths to successfully manage conflict.

Deborah Winters, Ph.D, PCC Email Deborah | 215-260-7420 The Rev. Dr. Deborah J. Winters is a graduate of Coaching4Clergy(C4C) who now serves as a faculty, trainer and trains-the-trainers for C4C. She is an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coaching Foundation, and is a coach for the Pennsylvania Southeast Conference of the United Church of Christ. She has served 24 years as a settled pastor and now serves as a transitional (interim) pastor for congregations in the midst of change. She is an Affiliate Professor of Biblical Studies and teaches coaching at Palmer Theological Seminary. She and her husband Gary founded the non-profit 501(c)(3) God’s Precious Children helping children in Liberia, West Africa receive a better chance at a brighter future through an education in the name of Jesus (www.GodsPreciousChildren.com). She co-edited the book, Who Killed Goliath? Reading the Bible with Heart and Mind, wrote on the Psalms in The Pastor’s Bible Study Vol. 3: A New Interpreter’s Bible Study, and has written sermons and worship settings for the Minister’s Annual Manual. When not coaching, writing, preaching, teaching, or on the mission field, Gary and Deb enjoy kayaking and biking, particularly with their grandchildren.

Chongyeol Yoo, PCC Email Chongyoel | 821088124951 Dr. David Chungyeol Yoo is the professor of the department of Coaching in Reformed Graduate University.

He started the cell church movement in Korea by serving as leadership in International Cell Touch Korea. He has served the Korean churches by opening cell-based strategy seminars, cell-church conventions and by consulting the churches who wanted to transition their church to a cell church. But he realized that it’s very difficult to change Korean pastor’s value and paradigm with giving a lecture. At that time, he attended a workshop of Maximum Health held by Church Resource Ministry. He experienced the value and power of coaching.

He entered the coaching world. He received his certification as a christian leadership coach from Transformational Leadership Coaching in March, 2002, and also received Certified Coach Trainer from TLC in January 2005. He is a full time coach and consultant for pastors and churches of a number of denominations. He established Korea Cell ministry Coaching Institute. He received PCC from ICF in 2010. He is coaching senior pastors who want to transition their church into a cell church.

He is the founder and president of International Christian Coaches Association.

His vision is every pastor, every christian leader to christian coach.